“He called the day after surgery to say he was okay. Albeit a rather disorientated and unintelligible conversation, he was at least awake and aware.”

She hasn’t provided details of his fall, but says it resulted in swollen legs, for which he’s receiving medical attention. She adds: “Although he’s recovering, any performance in the near future seems over-ambitious.”

Baker had been due to tour the UK and US during April and May, and to appear at this year’s Ramblin’ Man Fair later this month. Last year he distanced Cream from the heavy metal genre, saying: “I loathe and detest heavy metal.”